"Come on, come on! Paste two more layers of red bricks here, it looks festive."
"Here, I'm going to hang a mink wall hanging. Please keep me warm."
"Remember, the door curtain should be symmetrical from left to right for good luck."
"My desk is placed in a corner. Be careful not to damage my golden vine. It is imported from the Western Regions and is worth a thousand dollars!"
"The curtain is closed tightly, Zheng needs some privacy."
"It is very important to remember to have your head facing south and your feet facing north when you go to bed."
"The matter is done, go to Zheng's Bank to collect the reward, one hundred taels. Huh? I said one hundred taels per person, a total of one hundred taels is nothing. You are all well-known craftsmen in the city! If others find out, you will still be rewarded.
I thought I, Mr. Zheng, couldn’t afford the money.”
Today, several skilled craftsmen in the city took on a huge job.
When they were politely invited to the Wangtiantai Prison, which is said to only hold serious criminals, by the evil-looking warden Lao Liu, their three legs were weak.
But when the craftsmen learned that their trip was only to improve the comfort of the prison environment, they were all so shocked that they couldn't close their legs.
When they learned that the "guest" in this cell was Mr. Zheng, the richest man in the imperial city, they all suddenly understood.
When Mr. Zheng roughly understood the causes and consequences of the butterfly effect, the first thing he did was to ask Scarolao Liu for help to improve the living environment as soon as possible.
It took half a day.
There were small bedrooms built in the prison that could accommodate one person, and there were also some open-air balconies.
Scar Lao Liu knew that this was against the rules, but who was he now?
Warden Wangtiantai, if you don’t tell me, I don’t tell you, he doesn’t tell me, who knows?
Besides, he is the warden, the boss here. If he says it is within the rules, then it is within the rules. Who dares to question it?
He didn't dare to privately release prisoners on death row. But he used the excuse of "being in disrepair" to repair the prison a little, and Scar Laoliu didn't even have to report it. He made his own decision.
The small house inside the prison only took half a day to complete.
…
Looking at the rooftop.
One of the four "heavenly prisons".
These four special prisons are specially designed to hold felons.
The most important thing.
Repeat offenders locked up there are either sentenced to death or life in prison, with very few exceptions.
For example, Mr. Zheng who was "suspected of killing Princess Yurun".
These four special prisons are Wangtiantai, Dengtian Pavilion, Pantian Tower and Weeping Heaven Pavilion.
It sounds very festive, but in fact it is not the same thing.
The prison that Zheng Xiu stayed in before was only an "underground prison", which was far less harsh than the sky prison.
Take the rooftop viewing platform as an example.
There are nine floors in the rooftop terrace.
The first nine floors are "prisons" and the tenth floor is called "jail".
The nine-foot-tall sky-watching platform, generally speaking, is about thirty meters tall and has nine floors.
Each floor has no windows and is airtight. Only the top floor, the open-air single room, is spacious and transparent.
There are ninety-nine cells on each floor from the first to the ninth floors. It sounds like a lot, but in fact, each cell is only three feet long and wide.
The prisoners inside can barely curl up or stand up. The air inside the prison is filthy, the winter is extremely cold, and the summer solstice is extremely hot. Staying for three days a day is bearable. If you stay for ten and a half months, the feeling is not something that ordinary people can bear.
Above the nine floors is the top floor where Mr. Zheng is currently located. The six doors are called "Wangtian Prison". Don't look at the difference between "prison" and "prison", but there is actually a huge difference.
Wangtian Prison, to put it bluntly, is just a big iron cage.
Although the space is spacious, felons in Wangtian Prison have to endure wind, sun, rain, snow, and even worse, storms, lightning, and hail. The pain they endure is beyond human endurance. Because Wangtian Prison
The Heavenly Prison is so cruel that the top floor is usually empty and no prisoners are placed there.
Reason: Too cruel.
"ah……"
Master Zheng is currently reclining on the Taishi chair, with the aroma of tea overflowing from the table and sandalwood curling up beside him.
On the temporary wall behind, hangs the "Prison Cell Inscription" written by Zheng Xiu not long ago. Scar Laoliu took the initiative to move the "Mr. Zheng's Calligraphy" to this place, adding a bit of scholarly elegance to Wangtian Prison.
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Looking at the fluffy snow flying all over the sky, Zheng Xiu burst out poetically and sighed:
"The snow is like flowers in the winter, and the flowers are like snow in the summer solstice."
It doesn't seem to rhyme very well.
It doesn't matter, I'll spend some money later to have it altered and framed.
Today, Wangtian Prison, which is extremely terrifying in the eyes of the world, has been temporarily transformed into the shape of a small villa by Mr. Zheng, with its own rooftop.
The first small goal is completed.
As for the second goal.
Zheng Xiu closed his eyes and entered the prison of his heart.
On the game table, there are two little people, one big and one small, one tall and one short, like puppets, motionless.
No new ghosts have been updated on the map yet.
Zheng Xiu opened his eyes. For now, he was not in a hurry about exploring the ghosts.
The butterfly effect caused by clearing "White Carp Village" has not yet been clarified.
However, Mr. Zheng already has some clues.
He snooped around from Scarao Liu and found out a vital piece of information.
That is, when Lao Wei came to see him that day, he was wearing soft armor and stepped into the prison camp alone.
The words Scar Lao Liu used to describe Lao Wei at that time were: majestic, majestic, majestic.
It is not easy to make an illiterate person squeeze out this word.
At that time, Mr. Zheng repeatedly said as if fishing for law enforcement, there are no outsiders here, you can speak freely, don't hide it, don't exaggerate, Sixth Brother, don't deal with those bureaucracies and so on.
But Scar Lao Liu denied it, saying that he did not dare to exaggerate. He also said that the emperor looked extremely powerful at that time, which made Scar Lao Liu's eyes shine.
This time Zheng Xiuxin was convinced.
One of the disagreements that Zheng Xiu cared about most due to the butterfly effect emerged: Old Wei is now a powerful man, and is no longer the old emperor whose life is hanging by a thread.
Since Old Wei was not seriously ill, the second prince had no reason to jump out. Furthermore, Shi Wentong was not sent by the second prince to warn him. But since Shi Wentong died, it meant that the person behind Shi Wentong had changed.
Or maybe Shi Wentong's death was simply caused by a big blow and died from the wind in front of the horse.
If it's the former, who is trying to cause trouble?
Going further, we have to consider even the reasons why he was imprisoned in the first place.
Master Zheng changed his cup of tea, rubbed his brows, and fell into deep thought.
Moreover, in addition to Duan Cai, Gou Fugui, and Zhang Wushuang, many people also died.
The most outrageous thing is that Wei's most beloved daughter, Princess Yurun, died, and there was a bloody writing in her boudoir: Murderer, Marquis Zhonglie.
It's impossible for no one to see such an obvious frame-up.
But even with such an obvious frame-up, he was still upgraded to a cell and moved to the rooftop.
Who is it? What’s the intention?
There are countless puzzles coming one after another.
Since Old Wei was not seriously ill, there would be no such questions from the emperor. So why did Old Wei come to the prison camp that day?
Asked if Zheng Xiu killed Princess Yurun?
No, based on Zheng Xiu's understanding of Old Wei, if he was suspicious, he didn't need any evidence or questioning, he could just kill him.
In other words, Lao Wei simply did not believe that Princess Yurun was killed by himself, so he imprisoned Zheng Xiu in Wangtian Prison. It was possible that he was under the pressure of public opinion to temporarily silence the public.
It's messed up, it's all messed up.
Zheng Xiu looked up at the snow, sipping tea and meditating for two hours.
The snow has stopped, the tea has cooled, and it is getting dusk.
What to do next?
The changes brought about by the butterfly effect made Zheng Xiu a little distracted. From time to time, he picked at the knot on his forehead and touched the silent bird on his chest. When the dim light in the sky completely sank behind the mountain, Zheng Xiu decided to go out for a walk.
See for yourself the changes in the imperial city after the butterfly effect occurred.
All the things that happened in the ghost world were strange and dangerous, but in the end, the behavior of the bird in the prison after it was possessed gave Mr. Zheng a little more confidence.
I have extraordinary powers, in heaven and on earth, where can I go?
The worst case scenario is to go home and build a dungeon, install a wooden horse, decorate it with a few sets of shackles, call a girl, add to the prison atmosphere, wait for ghosts to come to your door, practice to be invincible, and then be free in the world.
After making up his mind, Zheng Xiu closed his eyes and activated [Fugue].
In the prison of the heart, a young man with clear eyebrows and a lotus seal on his forehead opened his eyes with a smile.
A faint shadow floated out from behind Zheng Xiu and solidified in the blink of an eye.
"Yeah--Yeah---"
The black crows scattered and circling in the sky seemed to be disturbed, and they all avoided the rooftop.
[Evil Boy], attack!
Zheng Xiu raised his head and looked at the crows in the sky, secretly wondering why the crows were so noisy and floating out.
Bang! Click——
The handsome young man slammed into the fence, and the hundred-refined steel instantly sank into a human shape.
Mr. Zheng was trapped in the curved steel fence in a herringbone shape, with a look of astonishment on his face.